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Over 15,000 Russian Internal Troops to Vote in Chechen Parliamentary Election

Posted on: Thursday, 24 November 2005, 09:00 CST

Excerpt from report by Russian news agency Interfax-AVN website

Moscow, 24 November: Over 15,000 Internal Troops servicemen will take part in the elections to Chechnya's Republican Council and People's Assembly, the Internal Troops press service told Interfax- Military News Agency on Thursday [24 November].

"Servicemen will vote at 25 polling stations, six of which are situated on the territory of the 46th Rapid Reaction Brigade of Internal Troops, deployed in Chechnya on a permanent basis," a press service official said. [Passage omitted]

Sunday's [27 November] election will see the participation of servicemen from the 46th Brigade and military commandants' offices, deployed in Chechnya on a permanent basis, the press service said.


Source: BBC Monitoring Former Soviet Union

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